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as fast as sb. can | сломя голову (City councillors are concerned a new storage facility will be "a poor use of valuable industrial land." Hypocrites. They have been rezoning industrial land as fast as they can, knocking down the buildings and putting up endless 60 story towers. burnabynow.com ART Vancouver) |
full as a boot | нажравшийся (igisheva) |
funny as a crutch! | очень смешно! (о неудачной шутке igisheva) |
someone is as good as a headache | от кого-либо проку, как от козла молока (igisheva) |
someone is as good as a sick headache | от кого-либо проку, как от козла молока (igisheva) |
let oneself be used as a door-mat | позволять вытирать об себя ноги (igisheva) |
proud as a peacock | гордый, как индюк (igisheva) |
proud as Lucifer | надменный сверх всякой меры (igisheva) |
proud as Lucifer | гордый сверх всякой меры (igisheva) |
proud as Punch | гордый, как индюк (igisheva) |
so sharp as to cut himself | слишком уж большой умник |
touted as | рекламируемый (to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something (Cambridge Dictionary) youtube.com ART Vancouver) |
touted as | расхваливаемый (to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something (Cambridge Dictionary) youtube.com ART Vancouver) |
use someone as a door-mat | вытирать об кого-либо ноги (igisheva) |
used as a showcase | показушный (Anglophile) |